A new auction of Purple-Sky-Minerals on E-rocks is already on line ! This time is a Eifel special. Probably all of you know the beauties of this German volcanic locality, but, if not, you can check the recent Mineralogical Record's article Vol..44, num.2, March-April 2013 issue.

Some highlights of this auction are the following: sellaite, lavenite, britholite-(Ce), quartz (whisker, a beauty !), cristobalite, wöhlerite, zircon, bixbyite, perowskite, ternesite (!), willhendersonite, rondorfite (!), rhonite, mullite, osumilite, jeremejevite, roedderite, globular fluorite, and the most extreme rarity of the auction, a eifelite from the 1976 original find by Hugo Rhein with label (!!).

Have a look if you like Eifel minerals, and who don't like these beauties ?

-A typical, but very rare nowdays, good crystal of cubanite from the most famous locality Henderson mine in Canada.-An exceptional thumbnail of anatase from Pakistan-A partially gemmy chrysoberyl from Madagascar-A classical and famous stepped wurtzite from Carrara.-A joteite specimen with visible well formed crystals from the Jote mine, the only locality known.-An outstanding and very aesthetic pink sainfeldite and guerinite-A radkeite with kleinite in well formed crystals-An extremely rare rakovanite in outstanding crystals (new mineral IMA 2010-052)-A very rare well crystallized vladimirite from Bou Azzer-A domeykite with an old German label-A guarinoite+theresemagnanite from the type locality for both minerals: Cap Garonne-An extremely rare ponomarevite from Tolbachik-A gemmy rhodonite from Chuirucu mine, Peru from the classic finding of 1989.-A ruifranconite from the type locality in Sapucaia mine

I prepared an colorful auction with some really interesting rarities that I hope are of interest to you.

What is at auction, between other species, are:

-Braccoite (IMA 2013-093) new mineral from the only known locality. This is the only sample in MINDAT gallery for this mineral that will be public in a few days.-Rheniite : nice specimen with crystals of the one of the only two rhenium minerals in Nature !-Schuilingite-(Nd): one of the very few minerals with gadolinium and samarium in its composition !-Rakovanite: a colorful new vanadium mineral (IMA 2010-052)-Selenium : exceptionally well formed crystals from the Anna mine.-Despujolsite: good sized aesthetic specimen with gemmy well formed crystals from N'Chwaning III mine-Bobkingite: nice blue clear crystals of this rarity from Cerro Minado.-Mantienneite: an extreme rarity from Cameroon with a copy of a label by J.Mantienne.-Routhierite+Arsiccioite+Protochabourneite from Arsiccio: three thallium extreme rarities, two of them being new minerals: arsiccioite( IMA 2013-058) and protochabourneite (IMA 2011-054).-Momoiite: a green new member of the garnet group (IMA 2009-026)-Kambaldaite: nice grass green crystals of this rarity from the type locality-Crookesite : a very sought after thallium-silver-copper selenide !

-Are you a passionate of Tsumeb minerals ?-Do you enjoy watching microcrystals under the microscope? Especially colorful landscapes of different species under the same field of view?-Do you want to get extreme Tsumeb rarities that you don't find in other webs or Mineral Shows?-Do you want to get some Tsumeb species that your friends have told about them but you haven't heard before ? -Do you enjoy strange chemistries like germanium minerals?

If you answered yes most of the above questions, this is your auction !

This time extreme rarities like Reinerite (!!!) Calcioandyrobertsite+Stranskiite (!!!), Helmutwinklerite (!!!), Renierite (in crystals !!) Ovamboite(!!), Kegelite, Alamosite. Molybdofornacite, Thometzekite, Zincgartrellite, Keyite, Koritnigite, Heterogenite, Luzonite, Tsumcorite, Ludlockite, Carminite, Cuprite included in cerussite, etc. are all in the same auction and some of them have never auctioned before in e-rocks !

Incredibly, some Tsumeb specialists/collectors interested in these rarities don't make anything to get these minerals. I hope you don't be one of them!

It is not necessary to bid now, you have one week to do it.Good luck when you bid!

And also, please check my new web page recently opened and devoted to systematic/rare minerals.

Many items still have no bids so it's a good opportunity to get rarities at cheap prices. In addition, all specimens are uploaded to MINDAT and the name of the buyer of each specimen will appear as the owner of the specimen, if desired ! So, you will have a small part of your collection pictured in MINDAT with your name!!